Brahma

If I were starting my flock over, I'd consider having all Brahmas. I just love these birds. They are beautiful, calm and peaceful and have been good layers for me. I love that they are big girls, and their feathered feet. Mine are big diggers and like to spend afternoons wallowing in dust baths. They are a delight.

I love LOVE love my Brahmas. They lay large, nicely shaped, light brown eggs. They get along with all my other breeds- even though they are the largest. I have 2 white/black that I bought as adults at an auction and I am raising 6 more Buff. The buff little ones are 3 months old now and free ranging during the day with all the others. When I’m outside they follow me around- which I find adorable.  Great birds!!!

So far, I love my new brahma chicks! I got 2 yesterday, a buff and a dark. The buff (Gwynnevere) is the sweetest thing and sleeps in my lap! The dark (Ember) is also very nice but I'm trying not to get too attached as she is a foster chick! They are very smart, brave little chicks. The dark was the first to figure out how to use the chick feeder, shortly followed by the buff. I would get more in a heartbeat!

Here is a picture of Gwynn:

They're great started birds. I love how gentle and friendly they are. They're also hardy little birds and do well in the cold. 

I have a Buff Brahma hen, and Maple is the sweetest thing ever! She will follow me everywhere, and she will stay by my side and not do anything until I leave. Roos can sometimes be aggressive, as I had 3 who sometimes flew at me. Brahmas hens are the best chickens for children, and anyone who likes to go out and play with their hens.

Wasnt sure what breeds to get at first but  liked my first  so much now i have 4  colors  of Brahmas

Light ,Buff and Laced sliver& gold 

I love their big fat fluffy bodys and their gentle calm manner and cold hardiness Summer they all get the hose on a thin spray in the run when its 100 + but they were fine and laid all the way thru

By the way  eventually  eggs became  XX large  eggs

I wond on ly 3 breeds and Brahmas are my favorite

I love my Brahma hen! She is so hardy, and escaped an eagle's grasp with only a scratch on her back! Was being taken away but the eagle got distracted and dropped her. Feathery feet ar not so easy to take of though. I gave them a bath and she had bumblefoot without me even knowing. But she always gives me one egg a day including the winter time, we don't even have to put a heat lamp in the hen house for her!

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I loved these birds but all 3 I had turned out to be roos. I would love to get some more in the future.

I have both a hen and a rooster of the Dark Brahma breed. The hen first went broody at 9 months old. She sat on an empty nest for 4 weeks. I tried giving her eggs but she repeatedly rejected them. The rooster is MASSIVE (at least twice the size of the hen)! He is the biggest rooster I have ever had in my flock.